Us & Them: What We Hide — Examining The Collateral Damage Of Addiction

podcast Story Archives - West Virginia Public Broadcasting · Aug 13, 2026

For a decade or more, West Virginia has been at the center of America's opioid epidemic and overdose death toll.

There is encouraging news as the state’s overdose deaths have fallen dramatically. In the past year, state officials report a nearly 38 percent drop in overdose deaths. But addiction remains the most common reason for West Virginia children to be taken from their families.

In this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay talks with a filmmaker whose recent movie What We Hide focuses on the collateral damage of addiction on children. And as part of a WVU training symposium, Kay hears…